888-54-FIRST

medical records

  1. Home
  3. medical records

How to Handle Document Retention & Destruction

1st Talk Compliance features guest Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, principal with Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, on the topic of “HIPAA and Beyond: Documentation Retention & Legal Holds.” Rachel joins our host, Catherine Short to review a multitude of laws, including HIPAA, requires certain types of documents be kept for a certain period of time. How does document retention play out for public companies subject to SOX and what should companies do in the event of a legal hold or a preservation request? This presentation addresses laws that are relevant to healthcare industry participants, as well as compliance suggestions, and steps to take when either a legal hold or a preservation request arrives.

Catherine Short
Audits, Breach, compliance program, Compliance Tips, Compliance Training, Data Collection, Data Privacy, Data Security, Education, effective compliance program, Employee Training, Employee Zone, Employment Law, General Compliance, Healthcare, Healthcare Compliance, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Zone, medical identity theft, medical records, Online Healthcare Compliance Training, PHI, Podcasts, Privacy, Protected health information, Risk Management, Security, security breach, Security Zone, Training
Read More
Snooping Webinar

How to Prevent Employee Snooping and Insider Threats – Audio Version of the Webinar

Raymond Ribble is the CEO and Founder at SPHER, Inc. a market-leading compliance analytics, cyber-security solution addressing: HIPAA compliance, State Privacy Laws, and ePHI security threats and our presenter for this webinar. Snooping and Insider threats are exactly why user monitoring and ePHI access strategies are vital to the security of sensitive patient information and data protection. While it is an unsettling thought, not all cybersecurity incidents are traced from employee negligence. With so much attention and money surrounding cybersecurity in the healthcare industry, malicious employees may decide to purposefully disclose patient information. Since employees and contractors may have knowledge of your network setup, vulnerabilities, and access codes, snooping employees with malicious intent hold the key to exposing your organization to a series of unwanted risks and threats.

Catherine Short
Breach, Company Culture, compliance program, Compliance Tips, Compliance Training, Data Privacy, Data Security, Education, effective compliance program, Employee Zone, Ethics, General Compliance, Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Compliance Software, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Zone, HITECH, Human Resources, medical records, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, PHI, Podcasts, Privacy, Protected health information, Risk Management, Security, security breach, Security Zone, Training
Read More
Combating Ransomware in Healthcare

Combating Ransomware in Healthcare: Audio Version of the Webinar

First Healthcare Compliance hosts William J McBorrough, co-Founder and Chief Security Advisor at MCGlobalTech, a Washington, D.C.-based Information Security Consulting Firm for an interactive discussion on “Combating Ransomware in Healthcare.” Ransomware attacks have impacted thousands of organizations worldwide. The healthcare sector has been the most targeted. Join in to discuss the state of ransomware in the healthcare sector in 2021 and best practices to prepare your organization from the inevitable attacks.

Catherine Short
compliance program, Compliance Tips, Compliance Training, Cybersecurity, Data Collection, Data Privacy, Data Security, effective compliance program, Employee Training, GDPR, Healthcare Compliance Software, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Zone, HITECH, medical identity theft, medical records, mobile security, Patient Safety, PHI, Podcasts, Privacy, Protected health information, Risk Management, Security, security breach, Security Zone, text messaging
Read More
Iliana Peters Data Privacy Webinar

Recent Attacks on Data Security: The Stuff of Nightmares!

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Iliana L. Peters, Shareholder at Polsinelli PC, for an interactive discussion on “Recent Attacks on Data Security: The Stuff of Nightmares!” This presentation will include information on state law protections and expansions, thoughts regarding recent developments in cyber security issues like ransomware, and analysis of the greatest data privacy and security risks to companies in the current legal and regulatory environment.

Catherine Short
Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Security, Employee Training, HIPAA, HIPAA Privacy Rule, medical records, mobile security, Podcasts, Privacy, Risk Management, Security, security breach, Security Zone
Read More

The Do’s and Don’ts of Designing an Aging Physician Policy

Catherine Short speaks with Dr. Mary Hoppa, MD, MBA, senior consultant with The Greeley Company which provides solutions through consulting, education, interim staffing, credentialing management, and external peer review to healthcare organizations nationwide, about “The Do’s and Don’ts of Designing an Aging Physician Policy.” We will be discussing how to identify and address competency issues among senior physicians and best practices to prevent potential safety incidents that could have long-term consequences for both patients and practitioner. We will also learn how to recognize age related impairments that affect a healthcare professional’s ability to safely administer care, look at how to design a fair aging policy to protect both practitioners and patients, as well as focusing in on how to address competency issues and when privileging needs to be reassessed or revoked.

Catherine Short
Company Culture, Employee Zone, Ethics, Human Resources, medical records, performance evaluations, PHI, Podcasts, Protected health information
Read More

Deadline for Breach Reporting Coming Soon

As the end of the year approaches, keep in mind that all breaches of unsecured protected health information involving less than 500 individuals must be reported to the Secretary at…
First Healthcare Compliance Staff
1st Healthcare Compliance, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Audit Zone, Blog, Breach, Business Associate, CMS, compliance program, Covered Entity, Dashboard Zone, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Zone, HITECH, medical identity theft, medical records, PHI, self-disclosure
Read More

Subscribe to Weekly eNewsletter

Get the latest healthcare compliance updates straight to your inbox.

Subscribe to Podcast

Subscribe to Podcast

Testimonials

  • Dr. Marc D. Grobman, DO FACPInternal Medicine & Primary Care, Wilmington, DE

    Using this solution, I am confident that I am meeting the guidelines or that I can seek help for areas in which I cannot perform the requirements on my own.

  • Mary Ann Tyler, Practice AdministratorSinclair Retina Associates, PC, Media, PA

    Compliance in all areas always seemed to take a back seat to day to day operations. First Healthcare Compliance has developed a solution that easily brings any size office into compliance. It gives me peace of mind.

  • Kris Jones-Bartley, CPCPresident,
    Healthcare Management System

    The First Healthcare Compliance solution allows our business and our clients to save time and money, and mitigate compliance risks. I highly recommend it to other healthcare billing companies.

  • R.K. Conell, Practice ManagerAlexiou Hearing and Sinus Center, PLC and Harrisonburg Dermatology, PLC, Harrisonburg, VA

    The First Healthcare Compliance solution has everything you need to get started. It helps a practice become compliant on a very timely basis. Without this, it would have been a very extensive and intensive process.

  • Neil S. Kalin, MDKalin Eye Associates, Newark, DE

    I’d been searching for a compliance plan for many years. The First Healthcare Compliance solution is cost-effective and efficient. All of the compliance materials are in one place.

  • Paul Smiley, NHAAdministrator, Gilpin Hall

    The First Healthcare Compliance solution offers a simple and effective centralized system to access and assemble our compliance data with minimal effort and maximum return. I highly recommend it!

  • Robert Henry, PA-C, CEOAmbient Care, Seaford, DE

    In an era of ever changing regulations, First Healthcare Compliance has given us the tools to seamlessly and efficiently stay on top of our compliance requirements. This allows us more time to focus on patient care and other aspects of practice management.

  • Anne Elkin, EsquirePractice Manager, Boothwyn Medical Associates

    The solution has been a great help to our practice. We can now organize all our compliance data in one place.

Menu